3,703 search results for “environment” in the Public website
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Here is how we can increase the effectiveness of global environment protection
Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) identified six top priorities where environmental interventions can make the most difference. By doing so, they hope to help researchers and policymakers make the most out of the limited, available resources to protect people and the pla…
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Topic: Novelty and enrichment
One of the most crucial aspects of our behaviour is our motivation to explore novel environments and interact with new people. This became painfully clear during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when many people suffered from lack of new experiences and real-life social interactions. The relevance of novelty…
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Workshop: Worker's Health and Material Environment in Port Cities (1300-1700)’ (Leiden University and University Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Workshop, 21-22 June On 21-22 June, Dr. C.V. Weeda (Leiden University) and Marie-Louise Leonard (University Ca’ Foscari Venezia) organize a workshop on Worker's health and material environment in Port Cities. The workshop focuses on interdisciplinary discussion. ReMA-students are given the opportunity…
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Metabolic Characterization of Marine Sponge
Which metabolites of sponge are influenced by individual environmental or biological factors?
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The Role and Position of Sounds and Sounding Art in Public Urban Environments
The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) is hosting an international conference on November 29 and 30 at Gravensteen on the role and position of sounds and sounding arts in public urban environments. This unique conference aims to increase the attention to the role of the sound, sound design,…
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War and the Environment
Lecture, PCNI Research Group State of the Art Meeting
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Damaged seaweed can recover
Seaweed, which is vital for marine life, is disappearing throughout the world at an alarming rate. Different currents and wave patterns can bring about recovery, but more research is needed. This is the conclusion of Achmad Adhitya. His PhD defence has a political edge because of his proposition and…
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Leiden Consortium on Individual Development (L-CID)
Why are not all children equally responsive to variations in the social environment?
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Gut environment and Socioeconomic status
PhD defence
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professors help teachers, students and citizens to engage with environmental issues
In 2021, Thijs Bosker and Paul Behrens — both Associate Professors in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University — received funding from the Leiden University Fund and the Gratama Foundation to develop tangible and practical exercises that help people to deal with environmental issues from a local…
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar?
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Marco Cinelli
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Dilara Erzeybek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Antoinette Huijbers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Gerard Persoon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Xiaoyang Zhong
Science
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Jan Michiel Otto
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lingli Hou
Science
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Ian Simpson
Faculteit Archeologie
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Sandrine Gallois
Faculteit Archeologie
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Sabine Luning
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marja Spierenburg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Irlan Rum
Science
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Diana Suhardiman
Gelieerde instellingen
- Maintenance virtuele environment (LUCI) Leiden University
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Christian Henderson
Faculty of Humanities
- Maintain Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) environment
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Keynote Sustainable Environment by Marja Spierenburg @ESOF
Conference
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10 February: wear something warm!
The University is taking part in the National Warm Sweater Day on 10 February and the heating will be turned down in many buildings. Make sure you wear something warm!
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Eco-friendly farmers do what they say
Farmers who commit to environmentally friendly working methods also actively practise nature conservation in their farming - particularly when this is not financed by the government. These are the findings of research carried out by Anne Marike Lokhorst, who will receive her PhD on 17 September based…
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Mission successful: deposits on small plastic bottles
After years of lobbying by environmental activists, a deposit scheme for small plastic bottles is to be introduced on 1 July 2021. One of the leaders in the fight is alumnus Merijn Tinga. The university will have collection points for plastic bottles and is also supporting the Plastic Spotter citizen…
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ARC session - Sonification of Environments: Contemporary Film Sound Research
Arts and culture
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‘Give farmers more freedom in how they reduce nitrogen’
In his inaugural lecture Professor of Environmental Sustainability Jan Willem Erisman calls for local solutions that give people more freedom in how they meet environmental, nature and climate goals. This would allow farmers to come up with their own solutions to the nitrogen problem. The idea ties…
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Renewed online atlas provides better insight into pesticides in surface waters
On 24 September the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) in Leiden will launch the new version of the Pesticides Atlas in cooperation with Rijkswaterstaat and Royal HaskoningDHV. The online tool is now faster, more user-friendly, more accessible and all data can be downloaded directly. Users can…
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Tomer Fishman
Science
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Legal Empowerment of Pollution Victims in China and Indonesia
A political-legal study of rights invocation by pollution victims in China and Indonesia
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Using commitment to improve environmental quality
Promotores: E. van Dijk, G.R. de Snoo. Co-promotor: H. Staats
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the interaction between spatiotemporal patterns and agri-environmental management
Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Musters
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Better insight into competition between microbes
It is mostly rainfall and soil acidity that determine which microbes survive in a particular habitat and which do not. This knowledge is important for maintaining biodiversity. Leiden environmentalists contributed to the research. Publication in Nature on 1 August.
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Tommy van Steen 'Making children learn by exercising helps them on tests'
Children could do better at school if they exercise during their maths, English and science lessons, a study has suggested. Researchers reviewed 42 studies that looked at the benefits of physical activity in the classroom for youngsters.
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Wars in Ukraine and Gaza could soon affect our approach to the North Pole
The Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea. Rerouting via South Africa is expensive, whereas the Arctic route only takes a week. Once a no-go zone, this route might be a more realistic option. Mind the nuclear submarines, though…
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Changing minds in social anxiety: A developmental network approach to neurocognitive bias modification
Which adolescents are more at risk of developing social anxiety disorder later in life?
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TERRA: TERraced landscape of RAmosch, Switzerland
This project investigates the well-preserved agricultural terraces of the Inn valley and the evolution of resource use in the inner Alps.
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Faculty of Science says goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo
During the farewell reception on 29 August, the Faculty of Science will say goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo. On 1 November 2019, he will continue his career as Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Colleagues talk about his significance for ecology, about his contribution as a…
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Landscapes of Survival
Pastoralist Societies, Rock Art and Literacy in Jordan’s Black Desert (200 BC to 800 AD)
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do we walk in crowds? A brief journey from crowd physics to smart environments
Lecture
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Confronting Hydrodynamic Simulations with New Observations of High-density Environments
PhD defence
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Teaching of primary education teachers on European citizenship, environment and migration
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Role of near-surface environment in tuning electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction and H2 evolution reaction
PhD defence